Old Madam Lu said, "I'm going to ask your old lady about this. After my old man died, I discovered that all his private property was converted into cash and sent to your old lady. Shouldn't you give me an explanation for this? Why are you deceiving me without saying anything?"
Old Mrs. Lu thought to herself: I thought my old man loved me as much as anyone, but it turns out he has been hiding someone in his heart all his life. Does he think I am easy to bully or deceive?
Shi Wei thought: Fortunately, my grandmother didn’t come. In front of the two younger generations, it would have been difficult for Mrs. Lu to speak so directly, but she really had the wrong idea.
Shi Wei took out the business contract for buying the mountain and the transfer document.
"Madam Lu, Grandpa Lu bought a mountain from my grandmother. Please see if the amount of money matches the amount you mentioned."
Mrs. Lu took it and looked at it for a long time, she was confused and said, "No, it's not right. After his death, all the assets under his name were checked, and there is no such mountain."
Shi Wei asked, "Have you checked your name? Perhaps this mountain is now under your name?"
Old Mrs. Lu immediately stood up and went to the commercial contract office to verify it. The young master of the Lu family and Shi Wei accompanied her. After all, with the sales documents and transfer books in Shi Wei's hands, it would be much easier to check than with nothing but words.
Sure enough, a backup was found in the business contract office, and the mountain is now under the name of Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Lu was shocked and asked, "Why did he buy me a mountain without telling me?"
A well-known lawyer in the business contract office received the letter and came to Mrs. Lu with the documents and contracts: "Here is the deed to your ownership of this mountain, the sales documents your family also has, and two transfer books.
Mr. Lu did this because your 60th birthday is five months away. When he was still alive, he had originally planned to take you there personally and give you a birthday gift. But after he fell ill, he worried he wouldn't be able to do it, so he entrusted us, the attorneys, to handle it. Now that you know about this in advance, we don't have to make another trip five months later."
Coming out of the business, Old Lady Lu said, "What kind of thing has this damn old man done? He was just giving away a mountain for no reason." As she said this, her eyes were already red.
Shi Wei asked, "Madam Lu, do you want to know why Grandpa Lu gave you this mountain? Are you tired today? Can you still go hiking with me?"
Mrs. Lu said, "Even if I'm not tired, I can't climb up. Are there sedan chair bearers on the mountain?"
Shi Wei smiled and said, "Yes."
When the three of them finally arrived at the location Shi Wei had brought them to, she pointed to Old Lady Lu and said, "That mountain across the way is yours. What does it look like?"
The Lu family's son said, "It looks like the silhouette of a woman."
Shi Wei then pulled out a small paper-cut portrait from the contract for the sale of the mountain and handed it to Old Lady Lu. "Madam, this is what Grandpa Lu showed my grandmother when he persuaded her to sell him the mountain. He said it was a portrait of you when you were young. Do you think the silhouette of the mountain is exactly the same?"
Mrs. Lu took it and suddenly burst into tears. The two younger generations didn't know what to say, so they quietly stepped back, leaving Mrs. Lu alone to stare at the mountain opposite for a long time.
When they came back down the mountain and said goodbye, Mrs. Lu said, "I was mistaken about this matter. I will close all the stores I opened. I'm sorry."
After hearing this, Shi Wei bowed deeply, then went home happily to find her sister-in-law. She won!
Sun Yannan was at Old Madam Shi's place. When he heard Shi Wei say that Old Madam Lu was going to close down those shops, he hurriedly said, "We've been running them hard for over a year and have a stable customer base. Why close them down? And where are all the employees and shopkeepers going to be employed?
Do you want to negotiate or should I? I think we should buy it all out and exchange it for a plaque."
Shi Wei was so moved that she said to her sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, do you have anything else to say about such a sentimental thing?"
Sun Yannan said, "Then I'll go and talk to him." He rushed out again.
Shi Wei turned around and looked at Old Lady Shi: "Sister-in-law, do you have no feelings at all?"
Old Madam Shi teased her, "Mr. Lu is sentimental, too, so I gave him a 20% markup. If he had known the mountain would be empty for three years, he wouldn't have given it away right away. I should have rented it back for another three years at a low price. The mountain produces a lot of produce every year."
Shi Wei opened her eyes wide: "Grandma!"
Mrs. Shi said, "Oh, the 10% increase in price is because I have to move all my people living on the mountain down the mountain. This is an expense. So, out of Mr. Lu's kindness, I only increased the price by 10%."
Shi Wei said, "I won't talk to you anymore. I'm leaving."
Old Madam Shi smiled and said, "Although I, your grandmother, don't talk about sentimentality, but during the Great Famine, I managed to feed tens of thousands of people and took in countless refugees. The refugees had to return home later. With almost no income or returns, considering that our granary was completely empty and we spent all our money, we managed to feed more than 100,000 people in those nearly two years. These people didn't starve to death, didn't riot, and didn't mutiny. Does this count as my sentimentality?"
I also like the sentiments of the Lu family. They're not picky, and since you like this, I'll talk to Old Madam Lu about it. If they're interested, how about marrying you off to them?"
After hearing this, Shi Wei stood still. She had originally made a bet with her sister-in-law that the young master of the Yan family was the one she had always admired.
When Mrs. Shi saw this, she said, "If the Lu family isn't suitable, you can just stay at home for a few more years. But the child from the Yan family... I'm afraid he's not suitable.
Although his family's elders came to deliver a message, I'm afraid they only care about our family's current momentum.
Grandma thinks that families that value sentimentality are better.”
Shi Wei bowed silently and left.
Shi Yue and Sun Yannan were living a good life for a while, until the gynecological expert who had been almost forgotten by them came back.
Sun Yanan learned the news of an old friend from this saint. She was surprised at first, but then fell silent.
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